Enhanced model for laser localization system

A novel method for localizing a mobile platform within a region of interest was previously conceived and modeled. The system relies on data received at the platform from two independent rotating laser beacons that encode their current rotational angle within the light beam. Using that data and trigonometric calculations, the location and orientation of the mobile platform can be derived in real time. Information gleaned from the previous model led to the desire to enhance the model before realizing the system in hardware. Certain parameter variations are of interest, but the original models simulation time is prohibitive to performing useful dynamic parametric analysis, as it take over twelve hours to produce a set of data. An enhanced approach using Hough transforms and predictive calculations has been created and is presented here. The enhanced model calculates the same data sets in under 15 seconds, greatly improving the ability to use it for parametric analysis. Preliminary results from the model are presented.